Question

exit ticket 4.2 - world wars: wwi technology & the battlefront
source: soldiers load shells containing poison gas. source: soldiers flee poison gas attack, 1917

1. **the technology developed during world war i resulted in
2. smaller nations becoming part of larger empires after the war
3. small number of refugees during the war
4. increased military casualties in battles fought during the war
5. a slowdown in transportation improvements during the war
6. *all of the following were new technologies used for the first time during war in world war i except
7. machine guns
8. submarines
9. chemical weapons
10. tanks
11. **the \western front\ of world war i was characterized by which of the following?
12. trench warfare and stalemate
13. nuclear warfare
14. concentration camps
15. aerial bombardment
16. the battlefront experience of world war i led many veterans to...
17. increasingly embrace democratic beliefs
18. gain serious injuries that resulted in missing limbs along with psychological damage
19. emigrate to the united states
20. support women’s suffrage after the war

Explanation:

Question 1

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: After WWI, empires like the Ottoman and Austro - Hungarian broke up, so smaller nations didn't become part of larger empires. Eliminate.
• Option 2: WWI caused a large number of refugees, so this is incorrect. Eliminate.
• Option 3: New technologies like machine guns, chemical weapons, and tanks led to more casualties in battles. This is correct.
• Option 4: WWI saw advancements in transportation (e.g., for troop movement), so there was no slowdown. Eliminate.

We check the use of each technology in WWI:

• Machine guns were used before WWI (e.g., in colonial wars).
• Submarines, chemical weapons, and tanks were first widely used in WWI. So the answer is the one that was not new in WWI.

Analyze each option:

• Option 1: Trench warfare and stalemate were characteristic of the Western Front in WWI.
• Option 2: Nuclear warfare was in WWII, not WWI. Eliminate.
• Option 3: Concentration camps were more associated with WWII (Nazi Germany), not WWI's Western Front. Eliminate.
• Option 4: Aerial bombardment was not the main characteristic of the Western Front (trench warfare was). Eliminate.

Answer:

1. increased military casualties in battles fought during the war

Question 2